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As the founder of Authors4Oceans, I was happier than a puffin with a beak full of sardines when Scoop asked me to guest-edit their special Oceans issue. I once had the blissful, unforgettable experience of swimming with a baby wild dolphin in Austral

About seventy-one per cent of Earth’s surface is water. Almost all of that water – 96.5 per cent – is in the oceans. They are home to some of the world’s most amazing creatures, from tiny coral polyps to huge blue whales. Under the ocean hides the lo

I blink my eyes open and my gaze falls on dried palm fronds crisscrossing – not the white of my bedroom ceiling. For a minute, I am confused. Where am I? Then it comes back. I’m in my grandmother’s village in Bamboung, in the middle of nowhere. To ge

Today is the day that I swim between two continents. I’m ridiculously excited. A feeling that is mixed with nerves of anticipation and worry. Nothing new there then. The continents are actually only two kilometres apart but with the currents and the

Pizza or pasta? Pizza. Though my mum makes great pasta. Writing or drawing? Drawing – a picture paints a thousand words. Seaside or forest? If I can’t have both, I’d have to choose forest – the scenery is amazing. Museum or mountain? Mountains. Th

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls (or should that be buoys and gills?). For this issue’s JOKE BATTLE we dive into the world of OCEANS. Four fantastically funny children’s authors are fishing for the biggest laugh in this aquatic battle where YOU g

Dear Reading Doctor, I live near the sea and I always go walking along the beach with my dog. The last time we were there, my dog found a piece of shiny marble. I thought that it was just an old stone, but then my sister told me that there are some

by Peter van den Ende Pushkin Children’s Books, £16.99 Review by Amélie PW, age nine This book has loads of gorgeous black and white pictures, which all look like they took days each to draw, but no words. However, this book is not for babies! I

Lou Abercrombie, Guy Bass, Jasbinder Bilan, Alice Bowsher, Herbie Brennan, Dorien Brouwers, Martina Capriotti, Nicola Davies, Ben Davis, Rachel Delahaye, Suzanne Dore, Tom Easton, Pippa Ehrlich, Abi Elphinstone, The Etherington Brothers and David Fol